Wild People Quiet: In Conversation with Tara Gereaux
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Location: Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton
PLEASE NOTE: Due to ongoing construction, building entrances are affected. Summers Lane door can be accessed from within the parking garage. King Street West entrance is accessible on Saturday and Sunday only.
More details available on ‘Plan Your Visit’ page. Contact Security for assistance (905) 527-6610 ext. 239. Thank you for your patience.
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Tickets Required
Location: Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton
Join gritLIT and the Art Gallery of Hamilton for a memorable evening with Tara Gereaux, in celebration of her new novel, Wild People Quiet, an exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s.
Doors open at 6:30 PM

Tara Gereaux is the author of Saltus, which was shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Novel Award and three Saskatchewan Book Awards; and Size of a Fist, a teen novella, which was also shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. Tara holds an MFA in creative writing from UBC and has worked as a writer and story editor for film and television. She is a citizen of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and lives in Regina on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Métis.
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Tickets
AGH Members: $7.50*
General Admission: $15
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or by phone at (905) 527-6610 x.241
Partner: gritLIT
gritLIT is Hamilton’s annual literary festival, a celebration of Canadian authors. Since its inception in 2004, the festival has built a reputation with readers in the Golden Horseshoe as a place to get “up close and personal” with their favourite authors and to discover new voices.
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Thursday, October 22, 2026
Registration Preferred
This is the Nemesis 1965
William Kurelek (Canadian 1927-1977)
mixed media on masonite, Gift of Mrs. J. A. McCuaig, 1966
© Estate of William Kurelek, Courtesy of the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto